ABOUT US

This Website has been CONSOLIDATED into the InterFaith Creation Care South Metro (ICCSM) website as of 2/2022 found at http://iccsmtc.blogspot.com/ .  Please check it out for updated information on our group.

Please review the POP Creation Care Small Group's Mission Statement.  See it, our meeting location and time below.

* Our History is long and rich
* Mission Statement and goals
* Meeting location and time

* This website has been consolidated into the InterFaith Creation Care South Metro (ICCSM) website as of 2/2022 found at https://iccsmtc.blogspot.com/.

Our History is Long and Rich

The Prince of Peace Creation Care Small Group has held the name Creation Care since 2014.  We have been active with numerous activities since that year.  Our group's history however goes back to 2004.  Pastor Dan Anderson who was on staff at Prince of Peace started a "justice" mission in 2004.  Lynnette Kaderlik a leader of our group for many years relayed that in June 2005 members of the "justice" team broke into interest groups.  With just a few members "Justice for Creation" was started.  The mission looked to the metro-wide C-3 (Congregations Caring for Creation) for direction and encouragement.  They held many activities through the years until 2009 when it became less active until it resurfaced as "Creation Care". Check out the pictures of all of our activities going back to 2004 in the Pictures of Events page in this website.

Creation Care Mission Statement: 

Prince of Peace/Burnsville Care-for-Creation Mission Statement

                                                                                               
 (adopted from Lutherans Restoring Creation website)

As a group of Prince of Peace disciples committed to care for creation, we affirm God’s creation in all its glory and beauty. We acknowledge God as the source of all things. We acknowledge Christ as the redeemer of all things. We acknowledge the Spirit as the sustainer of all things. As a result, we strive to respect all of life as sacred. We accept our vocation as Earth-keepers who care for creation. We accept our responsibility to live justly in relation to our fellow human beings in ways that all creatures may mutually thrive together.

Worship: We seek to worship throughout the year so that we express our gratitude and praise to
God as creator, redeemer, and sustainer. We are committed to glorify God intentionally together with all creation. In worship, we will celebrate creation, confess our sins against creation, grieve the losses of creation, and commit ourselves to care for Earth.

Education: We seek to learn about the biblical, theological, and ecclesial traditions concerning creation, including the biblical mandate calling us to care for Earth. We seek to learn about the degradations of creation due to human activity, how these degradations are causing human suffering and oppression, especially among the poor and vulnerable, how we as Christians are implicated, and what we as Christians can do to restore Earth-community for future generations.

Building and Grounds: We agree to assess our activities and learn how the use and maintenance of our property has an impact—in such matters as energy and water use, cleaning products, lawn care, paper use, food choices, recycling and waste, and transportation. We will strive to make choices that lessen our negative impact on Earth and that serve to renew and restore Earth community.

Discipleship at Home and Work: We encourage ourselves as individual members of this

congregation—at whatever age, economic level, ethnic group, or walk of life—to care for creation in our personal lifestyle, in our homes, and at our work—knowing that our habits and practices can contribute significantly to care for creation. We seek to foster a closer relationship with nature so that we can live simply and walk lightly upon Earth.

Public Ministry: We seek to change the systems that foster the degradation of creation and to rectify the human injustices that result from it. And we seek to alert members to environmental policies and legislation that protects creation and to encourage their active participation in the development of public policy. We encourage members to engage in civic activities that foster ecological health.

Because we desire to leave Earth a better place for our children, we will promote love and respect

for creation among our youth, teach them responsible Earth-care practices, and engage them in projects that restore creation. We will pursue this mission in a grace-filled manner, seeking to find hope and joy in the commitments and sacrifices these provisions may entail and in the restorations they engender. We seek to let our care for creation be known to others.

MEETING LOCATION AND TIME:

We meet the first and third Mondays of each month from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm.  Our meetings will be in person now starting September 20th, 2021  at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church located at 13801 Fairview Drive, Burnsville.  We are meeting on the second floor conference room 200E.  We will continue to provide access via Zoom the web-based video conferencing tool for those who wish to join us via that tool.   Please contact Curt Carlson at carlsoc77@gmail.com or 952-913-1544 to receive the meeting link or to get answers to any of your questions.   If emailing please include in the subject line the words Creation Care. Please join us.  You are all welcome.

We jointly meet with the organization InterFaith Creation Care: South Metro made up of representatives from seventeen faith communities. As a combined group we explore our responsibility as stewards to care for God's creation and our role in restoring the earth for our children and grandchildren.  Meeting topics include: coping with climate change, reducing our carbon footprint, using clean energy resources, sustainability and recycling.